The outbreak of the Covid-19 virus has affected the world severely. it has brought the world to a standstill with many countries being completely lockdown for safety and to contain the spread of the virus. Originated in China, the virus has now affected more than 300,000 people taking 16,000 lives. Many major sporting events have either been postponed or canceled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic affecting the globe. Cricket has also suffered a similar fate with many international and domestic matches re being canceled to avoid mass gathering of people. The ICC Men’s T 20 World Cup also faces the threat of being canceled or postponed.
The 7th edition of the ICC Men’s T 20 World Cup was scheduled to take place in Australia starting on 18th October. Australia just like other countries across the globe has fallen to the pandemic spread of the Covid-19 virus. The Australian government has reported more than 2000 positive cases of Corona Virus in the land down under. The Aussie Government has addressed that public safety is their utmost priority over anything and it has increased the concern of organizing the T-20 World Cup.
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The ICC is expected to decide the future of the T20 World Cup after having a teleconference with the officials of all different countries and their international cricket boards on March 29. The person responsible to represent India board BCCI in this meeting hasn’t been decided yet. Being a member of the ICC Chief executive panel, BCCI secretary Jay Shah could be participating in the meeting. BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is also rumored to attend the meeting himself.
To contain the spread of Covid -19, The Australian government has decided to lock up its borders and stop all international flights to avoid any further spread across the country. The lockdown is expected to be extended up to further 6 more months in Australia if the conditions don’t improve which puts the ICC Men’s T 20 World Cup in danger of being canceled.
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AS per Indian Express, “the ICC is likely to have at least preliminary discussions on the fate of the world cup when its 18 member board of directors including heads of the 12 test playing nations hold a teleconference on March 29. It was supposed to be a full-fledged meeting over three days in Dubai before the coronavirus situation forced a change in plans.”
If the tournament is postponed to next year, it could clash with the next edition. In 2021, ICC was supposed to host the eighth edition of the World Cup in India. So it can be predicted that either of these two tournaments will be canceled due to the outbreak of the lethal virus.
